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The thing about family, Josh Johnson wants me to know, as he scoots closer and angles his phone in my direction, is that they suck at boundaries. It’s morning in New York City, a pinch shy of noon, and we are on the subject of family because Johnson’s phone won’t …

The first thing you must know about BOYNEXTDOOR is that they’re loud. Not the kind of loud that turns off and on for cameras, but the kind that’s natural and uncontainable — an energy that fills a room even when they’re just being themselves. The six-member boy group is doing …

“Northumberland Zoo hits different,” a white-haired employee of the establishment says in a resigned tone over TikTok. He then proceeds to make a “Gen Z hand heart” — created using your middle and index fingers — with his fellow white-haired colleague. The video garnered nearly 8 million views and over …

The Vaporwave album Conditions at Hickory begins with static, as if you’re tuning in to a 1940s radio broadcast. First and second tracks “Foothills” and “Daily Commute” start out humdrum and benign enough. Then, the mood shifts. Sounds come like warnings, cautions of something sinister to come. Beeping sounds and …

TikTok is set to begin its fight against a possible ban in the United States. The social media company will have a crucial day in court on Monday, Sept. 16. A federal appeals court will hear arguments about the law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, that would essentially …

For once, the term of the week on Beauty TikTok isn’t the name of an algorithmically promoted physical insecurity. Instead, it’s a rare trend that celebrates the imperfections of an unmodified lip: It’s a Beetlejuice lip. But what, exactly, is a Beetlejuice lip? In a video that’s garnered over 41 …

“My name is Gabriella and I spent the first four years of my life in a meth house,” says Gabriella as a matter-of-fact, before emptying a bag of Sour Patch candy into a bowl in a TikTok that now has over 9.7M views. The video then cuts between Gabriella and …

Charli XCX said it, so it must be true: Brat Summer is over. In a tweet so echoey it got several news hits, the club rat/pop girl said goodbye to the season that may come to define her career—and America’s political future. It was September 2, 87 days after Charli …

From the second the message popped up on X, it had a familiar ring. Jools Lebron, the TikTok creator who went viral just a few weeks ago for a post discussing “very demure, very mindful” work looks, was upset that, seemingly, someone had attempted to trademark her viral phrase. In …

Kamala Harris’ meteoric rise to the top of the Democratic ticket was unexpected. Two months ago, no one could have predicted it. Well, almost no one. On June 6, 2023, astrologer Laurie Rivers, who goes by the name AstroLaurie on TikTok and hosts the Awake Space podcast, posted a video …